Hammock and canopy therefor.



T. M. LANCASTER. HAMMOCK AND CANOPY THEREFOR. APPLICATION 'HLED FEB. [6,19i5.

1,204,283. Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

AM MJA A V THOMAS M. LANCASTER, or PASADENA, cALrron'NiA.

HAMMOGK AND CANOPY THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. "Z, 1916.

Application filed February 16, 1915. Serial No. 8,513.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS M. LANCAS- TER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Pasadena, California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hammocks and Canopies Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lawn beds or hammocks, and more particularly to that kind of structure wherein the bed or hammock is shaded by a canopy or cover.

The object of my invention is to provide a means whereby a bed or hammock may be movably suspended from a supporting frame of such construction that it may be moved from place to place either in several parts or as an entirety.

Another object is to provide a structure, durable in construction, yet light in weight, so assembled that it will permit the movement of the bed in any direction, and still maintain its stability.

Inasmuch as it is desirable to shade hammocks and beds of this type, I have provided a canopy or cover so arranged that it is possible to shade the occupantin any position.

My invention as shown in the accompanying drawing, provides means for supporting a bed or hammock and to permit the movement thereof, and means for support ing a canopy or cover in such a manner that the angle thereof may be varied at will without effecting a movement of the bed or hammock.

My invention also embodies other features which will be more fully pointed out in the accompanying specification and drawing in which corresponding'parts are designated by corresponding marks of reference.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention showing the cover in horizontal position. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the mounting of the canopy frame and the adjusting arm thereof. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the adjusting means.

My invention comprises a plurality of supports or legs 1, preferably four in number united at their upper ends in pairs to a truss or cross bar 2, and separated a substantial distance at their base, forming in end elevation the sides of an isosceles triangle. To

insure longitudinal stability the legs 1 are joined to the cross bar Qin such a manner that the distance between the upper ends of the legs is less than the distance at the base thereof. Diagonal bracing members 3 are attached to both the supports, and the cross bar 2 near the upper and outer ends thereof to insure against further movement of the legs.

Mounted between the supports and intermediate of the upper and lower ends thereof are transverse supporting bars 4, afiixed to the supports by means of bolts and wing nuts 6, or similar means, carried by each of the supporting legs 1. Depending from the outer ends of each of the supporting bars 4 are chains or flexible connections 7, each connected at their lower ends in any suit able manner to the corresponding corners of a suitable bed or hammock frame 8. It will thus be seen that the bar 4, in addition to supporting the bed or hammock, provides a transverse brace for the supporting legs to maintain them in spaced relation to each other. Inasmuch as it is sometimes desirable that motion be imparted to the bed or hammock, the supporting legs 1 are so disposed as to readily permit the frame 8 to swing between them. in either a longitudinal or transverse direction, as shown in Fig. 1.

Pivotally carried by the truss or cross rod 2 on both sides thereof, are two rectangular cover frames 9, attached to the truss near the ends thereof by a separable pivotal connection 15, such as a hook and eye carried by the end members 10 of the cover frame.

Pivotally connected to and projecting downwardly from the side members 11 of the frame 9 and in the same vertical plane as the supporting bars 4 are the links 12 having a series of bifurcations or slots 13 near the lower ends thereof adapted to engage U brackets 14 carried by and projecting from the outer ends of the bars 4. By such construction, it'will be seen that each canopy frame may be moved and adjusted independently in any desired angle that may be necessary to shade the occupant, irrespective of the position of the other frame.

It will be understood that the bed or hammock may be raised or lowered in respect to the ground, by shortening or lengthening the chains 7 by inserting the links thereof in the connections carried by the supporting bar 4 or the bed frame 8.

Having thus described my invention what I desire to secure by-Letters Patent is 1. The combination of a supporting frame comprising two A-shaped members connected at their upper ends by a longitudinal bar, a two-part canopy frame pivoted on each side of said bar and having parallel side and end members, a transverse supporting bar carried by each of said A-shaped members intermediate of their ends and projecting beyond the sides thereof, and means carried by the said frame and the outer ends of the last-named bars whereby the angle of each part of said frame may be varied independently and in respect to each other.

2. The combination of a supporting frame comprising two A-shaped members connect- 20 ed at their upper ends by a longitudinal bar, a two-part canopy frame pivoted on each side of said bar and having parallel side and end members, a transverse supporting bar carried by each of said A-shaped members intermediate of their ends and projecting beyond the sides thereof, brackets carried on the outer ends of each of said last-named bars; and links pivotally carried by the sides of said cover frame having 39 their lower ends adapted to engage the brackets upon said bar.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,- D. C. 

